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DAILY FACEBOOK CHALLENGE!

In The Beginning......

In April 2013, when ArtsyBug Studio had yet to open our doors, the first thing we did after securing our little studio building was to start a Facebook Business Page. We created a lot of curiosity among family and friends with the question "What is ArtsyBug Studio and what are you going to do with it?" Once those two questions were answered, our Facebook Page grew nicely. Back then, Facebook would show our posts, status updates, etc. to everyone who liked our page. Our likes grew nicely month after month.

In 2015, Facebook really changed the game. They started showing our posts to only a fraction of people who like our page. The fraction of people who would ultimately see our posts fell considerably month after month. The Chicago Tribune analyzed their own Facebook Page showing Facebook wasn't surfacing (showing its followers) one-third of its posts and they claim "it's getting worse" to the point they say they might have to "change how they play the game" (I read into that a direct warning to Facebook, they many look for other platforms to share their news with their followers).

We at ArtsyBug, as well as other business leaders we have talked to, have indeed noticed what The Chicago Tribune has noticed--our posts aren't being seen by over 82% of those who like and/or follow our page. Beginning in 2015, most of the posts that are seen by more than 20% of those who follow our page are paid for by ArtsyBug Studio to Facebook. Even then, when we pay $10 (or sometimes MUCH more) for a post to be "advertised", Facebook might share our post with less than one-third of our followers.

The posts that are seen the most by our followers are posts that people engage in the most. Our calendar releases typically have a better Facebook delivery rate to our followers than a daily post because others are 1. liking, 2. sharing, and 3. commenting on our posts. This is what Facebook is interested in the most. If our followers see our post, click on the link to our website and register for an event, Facebook considers that "non-action" and the algorithm doesn't generate delivery of that daily update to our followers.

We too LOVE that you like, share, and comment on our posts! This indeed shows interest and others are more likely to notice our posts and ultimately visit us in the studio. We rely on our daily updates to notify our followers of events that are going on in the studio. People do need to be reminded businesses still exist and what they have going on. The entire world knows that McDonalds and Coca Cola are available to purchase and eat--so why do they spend millions of dollars to advertise? People need to be reminded--"We are still here and we have food and drink available if you want it."

Small, Local, privately owned businesses don't have the advertising dollars of the giants like McDonalds or Coca Cola. We rely on word of mouth and, in recent years, platforms like Facebook where the public and the private individual come together. We cannot share our information with you on Facebook if Facebook insists on showing our posts to 18% of our followers.

So here's our idea where you can help us. We have a monthly advertising budget with Facebook that seems to becoming less effective than it was a couple of years ago. The cost to advertise with Facebook has more than tripled over the past two years. A $25 paid for (boosted and sponsored were terms that have been used in the past by Facebook) status update, post, or advertisement is now delivered to 3 times fewer people than it was just last December. The numbers of people not seeing our Facebook posts will lead to a decrease number of friends we see painting and creating in the studio. Our idea? Why not pay YOU some of our advertising dollars instead of Facebook? So how would this work?

We are going to start a Daily Facebook Challenge! Periodically, we will make a post or status update on our Facebook Page. This may be something like a calendar release, a video, a posting of a Facebook Live video, an update notifying of an upcoming event...etc. At the end of the post, we will state "This is Your Daily Facebook Challenge." We will also have a new blog entry on this page "Today @ArtsyBug" that explains what the Daily Facebook Challenge is. It will explain what we want our followers to do for that specific Facebook entry. It may be to "like, comment, share and tag a friend".....It will explain what you have to do and the criteria for how you can win a chance to earn money--not a percent off coupon, not a pass to an event...but money we might pay Facebook--we will pay one lucky winner...perhaps two lucky winners if you really exceed the expected goal! We will copy and paste the status update, or post from Facebook with the date and time we posted it on a new blog entry on this page so no one should be confused on what the criteria is for winning.

We will start the daily challenge, Today, Friday, October 13th. Go to our Facebook Post that reads The first paintings for November Events are available for registration! (8 more paintings to come!) Register for all events at https://www.artsybugstudio.com/sto…/…/Featured_Products.html

This is Your Daily Facebook Challenge!!

Now this is your challenge:1. Like the post above2. Share the post above3. Comment on your favorite painting of the month "My Favorite Painting is being done on November 5th (or whatever date your favorite painting is on.4. Tag a Friend

Of course in order to pay a winner, we need results! We could always pay Facebook for very low results...but that is why we would rather pay you for great results.

We will pay $10 to one person if we get

200 likes on the main status updateat least 50 likes for each individual photo in the album200 shares on the main status update200 "tags" of friends on the main status update (tag as many people as you wish....the combined tags of all friends by all people posted are what we count) 200 new original comments (replies to others comments don't count)Make sure on your comment that you end your comment with the letters "FC" this way we know you are taking part in the Facebook Challenge!

But you can win even more!We will pay $10 to two people AND $20 to one person if we get

1000 likes on the main status updateat least 250 likes for each individual photo in the album1000 shares on the main status update1000 "tags" of friends on the main status update (tag as many people as you wish....the combined tags of all friends by all people posted are what we count) 1000 new original comments (replies to others comments don't count)Make sure on your comment that you end your comment with the letters "FC" this way we know you are taking part in the Facebook Challenge!

So what say you? Are you ready to help ArtsyBug Studio out for your chance to win cash? It's as easy as

1.Liking the main status update2. Sharing the main status update3. Tagging one or more friends4. Comment on the post (you can make more than one comment but only original comments are counted for the totals. Replies to other comments don't count).

Winners will be drawn randomly. All Comments that end with the letters FC (for "Facebook Challenge") will be entered in the drawing for the cash prize(s).

WE'D SO RATHER PAY OUR FRIENDS TO SPREAD THE WORD THAT FACEBOOK SEEMS TO NOT WANT TO DO!

The challenge ends 24 hours after the post is made on Facebook. If the criteria is met, we will notify the winner directly in the post! Deadline for this daily challenge is 10:32 AM on Saturday, October 14th, 2017.

Clicking on the Image Above Takes You To the Registration Page For that Product

​"Today @ArtsyBug" is the place to see what is happening at ArtsyBug Studio. We will post relevant information about the studio here. We also will post silly, cheerful, and positive messages that make us happy, smile, and laugh!

We realize that not all of our friends are actively on Facebook (if on Facebook at all) and wanted to have a means to communicate online with all of our friends. In the past, if you were not on our Facebook Page, you might miss out on our calendar release, special priced events, sale-priced, merchandise, etc.

We want "Today @ArtsyBug" to be a positive, cheerful place for people to share ideas, communicate with us and others on the blogs we share with you. We hope to see you take part by commenting in the fun blog posts we hope to make in the days ahead.

In addition to valuable information on the fun we are having at ArtsyBug, some days we will have blog entry winners selected with a random drawing of contributing comments on our blog. Perhaps the lucky winner will win a gift card to a Quad City business, a gift card from ArtsyBug, or a favorite painting of ours we give away!